ACA Co-Hosts Competiveness & Sustainability Workshop
From the 17th-18th of August, the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) co-hosted the “Cashew Business Competitiveness & Environmental Sustainability Workshop” in Ilorin, Nigeria, together with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), and the USAID Nigeria Expanded Trade and Transport Project (NEXTT). This workshop gathered over 30 Nigerian Cashew industry stakeholders and focused primarily on processors.
The first day kicked off with issues of environmental sustainability. ACA Seal Coordinator, Dorcas Amoh, launched a new USAID Trade Hub Network study on the opportunities and challenges in environmental management within West African cashew processing. The session was followed by a meeting with stakeholders from the Nigerian cashew industry on the development of a national strategy.
The second day, Business Advisory Manager, Sunil Dahiya, ACA Seal Coordinator, Dorcas Amoh, and Finance Director, Akwasi-Adom Dankwa, delivered intensive trainings for processors on the subjects of productivity and competitiveness, food safety, and market information systems.
This workshop sought to increase the competitiveness of cashew processing in Nigeria through crucial issues of competitiveness and sustainability. Discussions by participants called for the establishment of a Cashew Board to boost the Nation’s economy and that of the farmers as well.
